Siege of Dresden (1805)

The Siege of Dresden (early October 1805) was a battle of the Napoleonic Wars that occurred when the French armies of Napoleon I and Michel Ney, totalling some 2,542 troops, assaulted and captured the city of Dresden, the capital of Saxony. The French declared war on Saxony after having previously made peace with them during the war between France and Prussia, initiating a surprise attack against the Saxons. The Saxon garrison, some 1,761 troops under Felix Moser, was unable to fight back against two large French armies, and the French succeeded in the storming of Dresden. Friedrich August III of Saxony was forced to become a vassal of France, which turned Saxony into a protectorate.